Same as stylostome.The tube formed by the host as a result of the feeding of a chigger secreting salivary fluids, the chigger partially digests skin tissues, which induces the host to form a proteinaceous tube walling off the injury. Found on http://www.earthlife.net/insects/glossary.html
Same as stylostome.The tube formed by the host as a result of the feeding of a chigger secreting salivary fluids, the chigger partially digests skin tissues, which induces the host to form a proteinaceous tube walling off the injury.